Luther viewers are listing all the everyday things they're now too scared to do

Luther series five is off to an eerie start, shaking its viewers to the core – so much so that a number of them have taken to Twitter to lay out all of the routine things they're now too scared to do.

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The first episode saw a killer in a clown mask murder a young girl sat alone on a London night bus – so, yeah, late night public transport is ruled out for sure.

https://twitter.com/bbcluther/status/1080456173843820545

The second saw the killer attempt to corral a victim by replying to a woman who was selling her fridge online. eBay can say goodbye to the UK market...

"Just taken my fridge off eBay," Twitter user @scottacr wrote.

https://twitter.com/scottacr/status/1080583793071833090

https://twitter.com/asherz_t/status/1080585947224379394

The episode also revealed that the murderer is a surgeon – meaning that if viewers weren't already nervous at the prospect of an operation, they're now downright terrified. Add to that running through the woods, getting appliances repaired, using rolling suitcases and turning on lights, and you've got quite a list, just two episodes into the series.

Just think how restricted the lives of these scaredy cats will be in the BBC1 drama's wake, after it comes to an end on Friday.

https://twitter.com/katebevan/status/1080583217592352774

https://twitter.com/ScottHughesUK/status/1080584988179996672

https://twitter.com/ProfLizYardley/status/1080565107971764224

https://twitter.com/redbreastedbird/status/1080577366240436224

We'd suggest therapy, but that one is ruled out, too...

This article was originally published on 3 January 2019